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Thread ID: 56698 2005-04-12 23:53:00 How to find old threads? Greg (193) PC World Chat
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344279 2005-04-12 23:53:00 I'm trying to find a URL from an old thread brefore the latest Forums came into effect. I do a search with a word that was definitly in the title, but come up with no results.

Anyone know how to find old threads? Or have they been deleted from the database? (which I don't think is the case because I've seen some really old ones resurrected).
Greg (193)
344280 2005-04-12 23:55:00 google.

What thread are you looking for?
Metla (12)
344281 2005-04-13 00:09:00 Anyone know how to find old threads?
Within the User CP, under Edit Options there is a Default Thread Age Cut Off (pressf1.co.nz). Adjust this to 'Show all threads' and you should be able to search all threads.
sal (67)
344282 2005-04-13 00:22:00 Thanks guys... found it. I forgot that I set my Default Thread Cutoff to 1 month.

Metla's idea woulda worked to... I should have thought of that.

Cheerz.
Greg (193)
344283 2005-04-13 00:57:00 You could always hit the "last" button on the page selector, and work back to the present.;) Graham L (2)
344284 2005-04-13 01:07:00 :help: Hi - excuse this as I am trying to find a way to post a query - I am new to this and so far can only find means of a "reply" such as this first try? Will look under this heading to see if I have reached a help line. Thanks. Kaygee (7876)
344285 2005-04-13 01:36:00 Welcome to PressF1, Kaygee. If you look just above the "Threads in Forum" heading line for the appropriate forum (on the left hand side) you will see a "New Thread" button. That's the one to use. Graham L (2)
344286 2005-04-13 04:35:00 Within the User CP, under Edit Options there is a Default Thread Age Cut Off (pressf1.co.nz). Adjust this to 'Show all threads' and you should be able to search all threads.

Doesn't work for me Sal.

I chose a technical word that definitely appears in an FAQ I wrote and it gets no hits. :confused:

In fact, I have never been able to search back at all, not like I could in the old forum format. I almost always get zero hits.

I asked this once before but didn't get a reply: Can we use the usual search terms and refinements as for google type searches, i.e. "..." + - etc?

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
344287 2005-04-13 04:44:00 Billy T,
If you want to search for something in the FAQ's I think you need to use the search function that you see when you click on the FAQ button above.
I'm just guessing on this one...
Mary (6534)
344288 2005-04-13 06:47:00 I chose a technical word that definitely appears in an FAQ I wrote and it gets no hits.An easy way of getting all the FAQ's in one hit is to use the advanced search (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) and put in faq for key words and then below that select with the drop down arrow search titles only. Just leave all the other options on their default settings.

And yes, google can be quite helpful when searching the PF1 archives. Just enter in your keywords plus pressf1 with site:nz and you should find it :D
Jen (38)
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